{"id":54588,"date":"2023-04-25T00:00:12","date_gmt":"2023-04-24T15:00:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2023\/apr\/25\/bestless-accused-of-putting-profit-before-bangladesh-workers-by-failing-to-sign-safety-accord"},"modified":"2023-04-25T00:00:12","modified_gmt":"2023-04-24T15:00:12","slug":"bestless-accused-of-putting-profit-before-bangladesh-workers-by-failing-to-sign-safety-accord","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/?p=54588","title":{"rendered":"Best&amp;Less accused of putting profit before Bangladesh workers by failing to sign safety accord"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Company says its own code of conduct goes further than the global accord prompted by the Rana Plaza disaster 10 years ago<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Get our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/australia-news\/2022\/oct\/29\/email-newsletters-guardian-australia-best-daily-news-emails-newsletter-free-sign-up-inbox-subscribe-headlines?CMP=cvau_sfl\">morning and afternoon news emails<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/app.adjust.com\/w4u7jx3\">free app<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/australia-news\/series\/full-story?CMP=cvau_sfl\">daily news podcast<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Major clothing retailer Best&amp;Less has been accused of putting company profit ahead of the safety of Bangladeshi garment workers by declining to sign a key international accord on worker safety and labour rights.<\/p>\n<p>The Rana Plaza disaster, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2023\/apr\/24\/10-years-on-bangladesh-rana-plaza-disaster-safety-garment-workers-rights-pay\">10 years ago on Monday<\/a>, prompted outrage at the abysmal safety standards in the Bangladesh factories supplying major clothing brands and retailers, leading to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/global-development\/2021\/aug\/26\/fashion-brands-sign-new-deal-on-bangladesh-garment-workers-safety\">establishment of a cross-border agreement<\/a> known as the international accord.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/australia-news\/2022\/oct\/29\/email-newsletters-guardian-australia-best-daily-news-emails-newsletter-free-sign-up-inbox-subscribe-headlines?CMP=copyembed\">Sign up for Guardian Australia\u2019s free morning and afternoon email newsletters for your daily news roundup<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2023\/apr\/25\/bestless-accused-of-putting-profit-before-bangladesh-workers-by-failing-to-sign-safety-accord\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Company says its own code of conduct goes further than the global accord prompted by the Rana Plaza disaster 10 years agoGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastMajor clothing retailer Best&amp;Less has been accused of &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":484,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"sns_share_botton_hide":"","vkExUnit_sns_title":"","_vk_print_noindex":"","sitemap_hide":"","_veu_custom_css":"","veu_display_promotion_alert":"","vkexunit_cta_each_option":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[43,327,6,1175,834,335],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-54588","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-australia-news","category-bangladesh","category-business","category-manufacturing-sector","category-rana-plaza","category-retail-industry"],"veu_head_title_object":{"title":"","add_site_title":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54588","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/484"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=54588"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54588\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":54598,"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54588\/revisions\/54598"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=54588"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=54588"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=54588"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}